IHC stops FIA from harassing Farhatullah Babar

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday stopped the FIA from harassing former senator Farhatullah Babar and issued notices to the relevant parties, seeking their replies by the last week of this month.

IHC Justice Inam Amin Minhas heard the petition filed by Babar through lawyers Iman Mazari and Hadi Ali Chatha under Article 199. The Interior Ministry, the FIA and others have been made parties in the petition.

The petition stated that an FIA inquiry was initiated on March 25 on the complaints of "suspected corruption, tax evasion and acquisition of illegal assets" from a citizen, whom the petitioner did not know.